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Subspecific
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PIPER AEQUALE var. laurifolium (Trel.) Yuncker
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Synonym
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Piper amphioxys Trel. var. laurifolium Trel. in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26:31. 1927.
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Description
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The nerves beneath very minutely hirtellous; the leaves mostly with 3 strongly ascending nerves on each side with two from near the base and the third from near or above the middle.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: foothills of Garagara', Sambu' basin, alt. 300-500 m., Pittier 5598 (U. S. Nat. Herb., TYPE) .
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Note
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This species appears to be widely distributed in tropical America. The Panamanian specimens here cited agree in all respects with those from South America and the West Indies believed to represent this species.
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